General Chat

That's cute, Sharron. I can just envisage the piece of ball getting smaller and smaller!

She does help herself to empty bottles from the recycling, but will only play for a short time before removing the top and chomping into it. She's not too bad around the home now, thank goodness. Thanks for that, Patin.

She has almost grown out of her attention seeking game of removing my h's slippers and socks within a few minutes as soon as he is distracted by the ring of the telephone. She loves to find a sock and take it behind the sofa. I find all sorts of 'treasures' each morning.

She's a wonderful girl, though. I couldn't imagine life without her. The parents were show dogs, she has the traditional markings and thick, long coat, and a beautiful, soft nature, if still a little cheeky. We had her as a puppy after our collie from the rescue was lost to a tumour.

She does think she is a lap-dog, though. A big one... :-0 :-0 :-0 <3 <3 <3

I remember a boxer we once had would always carry a ball in her mouth for us to throw. She would have a largish ball which would become punctured and then disintegrate and break up slowly.

She would just carry on transporting the largest piece in her mouth until her ball was a piece of rubber about two inches square and then we would need to procure another to continue the cycle.

Our border collie's favourite toy, which he only kept for about 2 weeks before it had to be replaced - empty plastic bottles. He had a continual supply as the children were at home then.

He'd pounce on it, take the top off and discard it then run round with bottle in his mouth. He loved the challenge of getting the top off, refused those that were topless but once discarded he ignored the top. He too spent hours throwing it about to retrieve it straight away.

When in the garden he'd chase birds and bark at them so got into trouble for being noisy. He used a bottle like a dummy, he'd pick up a bottle, chase the bird making a strangled bark which was very quiet so he got away with that.

He never chewed them up, he just bit into them as he held them so as they started to open up and get sharp we took them away and replaced them with the next one. He had hours of fun for no charge to us. We ended up with a flattened plastic bottle ready for recycling. :-D

Our gorgeous black and white border collie, is over 2 years now. Since a pup, we have struggled to find a toy which isn't ripped up and scoffed within half an hour. She can eat a whole knuckle bone within a few hours, I have to ration her with one. It seems a shame not to treat her to toys, but everything in the shops isn't tough enough, even the toys supposed to be really strong.

However, the one she loves the most, and has been on the go for about 18 months now, is a bright pink, football sized tennis ball, I bought it in P*ts *t H*me. It is now completely deflated, but she tosses it round the room, plays tug, takes it outdoors and generally has loads of fun with it.

The best several pounds of doggy toy and good value for money.